I. Video Evidence Requirements
- All submission require video evidence.
- Videos must have a permanently hosted link. If your video is no longer available, your run will become invalid and will be removed.
- You must not cover a significant portion of the gameplay screen. (example: your webcam covers the health bar)

II. Audio Requirements
- Must be able to clearly hear the gameplay audio

III. Timing Requirements
- The initial and final splits must be consistent with the timing rules of the specific category.
- Individual level runs are timed with the in-game timer.

IV. Region and Platform Specification Requirements
- Region and platform specification is mandatory.

V. Emulator Indication Requirements
- If an emulator was used, indication of that use is mandatory.
- Specify which emulator was used in the "Comment" submission section.
- Unless stated otherwise in the games rules, these are the allowed emulators:
  - For PS1 games: Mednafen, Beetle PSX, Beetle PSX HW, and BizHawk. 
  - For Wii games: Dolphin (latest release)
  - For PSP games: PPSSPP (Andriod version is banned)
  - For DS games:  DeSmuME 0.9.11
  - For PS2 games: PSCX2 (latest release)

VI. Grandfathered Submissions
- Any submission made prior to this rule set being implemented (August 23,2020) still holds a valid place on the leaderboards, even when the submission no longer meets the requirements.

VII. Cheating and Consequences
A submission is considered cheated when the player uses the following methods in the submission (unless allowed in the game or category rules):
- In-game cheat codes
- Manipulating the in-game timer
- Cheating devices, i.e. GameShark, Action Replay, Game Genie, etc.
- Any emulator-specific functions, i.e. save states, frame limiter, overclocking, etc.
- Tools to combine segments of runs or attempts
- Claiming a run by another player as their own
Any submission using such methods will be rejected or removed. If a player submits additional cheated runs, all of their runs will be removed from these leaderboards and, if they have runs on leaderboards outside of the Tenchu series, those leaderboard moderators will be contacted.

VIII. Rejection Appeal Allowance
- If you believe your run was unfairly rejected, you may appeal the rejection by messaging a leaderboard moderator privately.